First is that they plan on selling songs at 99 cents a pop, ala Napster and iTunes. Only they plan on doing it using network capacity, rather than having a big huge expensive central server, meaning while they charge the same, their costs are much less.
Second, they plan on selling non-personal network information (average user listening habits, popular songs, etc) to the labels (They're being payed royalties, and paying right back for info on what the royalties are for... marketing research at its finest!).
You download a file from somebody. They're sending you encrypted data. How do you use it? You decrypt it.
Now. Think harder. RIAA wants to sue Filetopia users. They download a song, decrypt it just like you did, log the IP, move on.
Encryption on a P2P network does two things. Jack, and Shit. All it does is prevent third parties from listening in, and it doesn't even prevent that if somebody is determined enough (Man-in-the-middle attacks).
Granted, there is a generic problem of random traffic when using Udp, but I don't see "random traffic", I see "lots of unsolicited Non-Gnutella, Udp MikeProtocol packets".
Most likely courtesy of Morpheus, as it were. But even still, Mike IS looking into the problem. Furthermore, the main problem you're having with the UDP is a result of Gnutella's UDP query hits having a poor design. Even your boss agrees
Okay. You're right on Splinter Cell and Pandora, my mistake... but I'll give you $10,000 to find me a PS2 copy of KoToR. Starting... now. Oh, you can't? Sorry. No cookie for you.
I wasn't comparing the Xbox to a PC. I was comparing it, as a console, to other consoles. As a console, it has the best graphics out there. Period. So your dig on it for not being as flashy as a gaming rig doesn't have, y'know, any relevance. At all.
Next, the GBA isn't a 'console', it's a portable. Next you're going to tell me I'm a dipshit for not including Dance Dance Revolution machines in my sales tally! And yes. Worldwide, recently, Xbox moved into second. (Third, if you still want to count the GBA) The price cut two months ago over doubled their weekly sales. (135%, so I'm told).
Yeah, you bring t3h b00lshitz in t3h buck3tz.
And, how appropriate...
Well said. Oh, you weren't talking about yourself? My bad!
Feel free to prove to me that I'm talking out of my ass.
You ask, I deliver.
Firstly, In terms of sales, Xbox is second. Gamecube is third. PS2 is first, and not surprisingly, as they had a two year head start on the pair.
Secondly, in terms of capability, Xbox is the winner, hands down. It's simply a more powerful machine than the PS2, with better graphics, an internal hard-drive, an internal network adapter, 4 controler slots compared to PS2's 2, has the ability to rip your own music to the hard drive, et cetera, et al, ad infinitum. Again, not surprising, as the PS2 is a two year older design, and Gamecube went the budget route.
Thirdly, the reason you've only heard Halo included with 'good game' and 'Xbox' was because you're not a console gamer. Otherwise you'd have heard Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Knights of the Old Republic, Crimson Skies, as well as plenty of cross-platform games like Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Grand Theft Auto 3/Vice City (The last three all have better graphics on the Xbox than the PS2 counterpart).
Erm, to clarify. The reason most of them don't live in New Hampshire is because they want to move there to influence the demographics and political scene. If they mostly lived there already, simply proclaiming that New Hampshire would now be Libertarian would be a tad pointless, as they, you guessed it, already lived there and had not achieved it...
You've apparently missed the entire point of the project.
Most of them DON'T live in New Hampshire. They chose a state with a small population, relatively minor Federal Government presence, and fairly Libertarian mindset (The runner-up was Wyoming). When choosing New Hampshire as a site, the influx of people from Massachusets was discussed. The point is having a large enough segment of the population sharing a Libertarian mindset as a kind of expirement in Libertarianism. If it works, hey, maybe people would view it with more credulity. If not, hey, oh well. They tried.
Besides. If New Hampshire is so filled with 'Massachusets Liberals', why the hell did its electoral votes go to Bush in 2000?
Personally, I think the 'horrendous crime problem' in the US is more a product of the Media trying to sell advertisements than an actual problem. Hell, a study came out a while back showing that violent crime in the UK was the highest in Europe... and a throw away line in the report was that the US ("Known for its violent crime") was lower than any of the European countries being compared.
Yes. Crime is a problem. But, like the grandparent said, there comes a point where the cost of trying to lower crime more is more costly than the crimes themselves...
Actually, it IS a highly-sensitive research area. It's where the U-2, SR-71, F-117, B-2, Tacit-Blue, UAV's, and many captured Soviet aircraft are tested... many years before they're even publicly acknowledged...
I hate to break it to you, but a lot of the US stuff is also 1970's technology. F-14 Tomcats, Nuclear Carriers, Missile Subs, Abrams tanks, etc. are all old tech.
The F-14 Tomcats are being replaced by the JSF in the not too distant future. The US's newest Carrier is nary 4 years old, the newest class of nuclear subs launched in 1997, their newest (And class-defining) missile sub has been built, but not quite delivered (undergoing tests), and the Abrams entered service in 1980 (The M1A1 Abrams in 1985... the Current (though not completely pervasive) M1A2 in 1986, and the M1A2's have undergone upgrades in 1999 under the System Enhancement Program).
On the other hand, the Russians still have plenty of T-55's in use from the late 50's...
Comparing the older tech of the US army to the average Russian military equipment is a bit misleading. Granted, that S-37 does look like it'd be a nice aircraft... pity the Russian army can't afford it...
Yes, but until it becomes inert again, it has the nasty possibility of release. The more we use Nuclear Power, the more likely this possibility comes. Yucca Mountain isn't a permanent solution, it won't even properly handle all of the US's nuclear waste past when it's built. Barrels leak, containment fails, et cetera, et al, yada yada, and so forth, ad infinitum.
Besides, there've been plenty of instances of nuclear waste being released. Just do a google search for "La Hague" "nuclear discharge pipe". I'm a big supporter of Nuclear power, but claiming it's "Non-polluting" is absurd. It simply puts out managable and containable levels of pollutants.
Just out of curiousity, if High-level nuclear waste isn't pollution, what is it?
Point being, every single power source you can name has some pollutive quality to it. Chemicals required for solar cells are often quite nasty, Damming rivers destroys the entire ecosystem both down AND upstream, Wind turbines requires metals which are often strip mined... yada yada yada. There is no such thing as power from a non-polluting source. There are only varrying amounts of pollution.
Um. No. Not even close. Latin is predated by MANY languages. It's the language of the first major European power, but it's in no way one of the oldest. (Then again... you wanna try writing a slogan in Linear A?)
The Moller SkyCar is exactly what the name implies. A SkyCar . It can fly, and it can also drive on the road. It has an engine which propels it via the wheels and not the engine nacelles while on the road. Since legally, you have to take off at an FAA approved airstrip or Helipad (Since it's VTOL capable), this means you can drive to the airport/helipad, and take off from there. It is LITERALLY a Flying Car.
Ahem. Moving towards you would result in blueshift. As it is already blue, it would instead result in ultravioletshift, et cetera, et al, yada yada, and so on.
However, if it was moving AWAY at a high rate of speed, it would indeed result in red shift. And since we ALL want to move away from Outlook as fast as we can, this is indeed a grand achievement!
Those 'specs' were predicted 'average computer' that was going to ship with Longhorn. It was in no way related to the 'minimum specs'. My guess is Intel is not liking the fact that AMD's growth continues, and AMD seems to continue developing chips faster than Intel, so Intel's taking a drastic move to try and take the lead again... or something to that effect.
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Two ways, from what I can gather.
First is that they plan on selling songs at 99 cents a pop, ala Napster and iTunes. Only they plan on doing it using network capacity, rather than having a big huge expensive central server, meaning while they charge the same, their costs are much less.
Second, they plan on selling non-personal network information (average user listening habits, popular songs, etc) to the labels (They're being payed royalties, and paying right back for info on what the royalties are for... marketing research at its finest!).
You must be new here.
The proper cliche is:
1: Develop Biological Weapons
2: [Censored by Justice Department under the USA PATRIOT act]
3: Profit!
Uh. Think about this.
You download a file from somebody. They're sending you encrypted data. How do you use it? You decrypt it.
Now. Think harder. RIAA wants to sue Filetopia users. They download a song, decrypt it just like you did, log the IP, move on.
Encryption on a P2P network does two things. Jack, and Shit. All it does is prevent third parties from listening in, and it doesn't even prevent that if somebody is determined enough (Man-in-the-middle attacks).
Because GiFT can't swarm across networks. Shareaza can.
I wasn't comparing the Xbox to a PC. I was comparing it, as a console, to other consoles. As a console, it has the best graphics out there. Period. So your dig on it for not being as flashy as a gaming rig doesn't have, y'know, any relevance. At all.
Next, the GBA isn't a 'console', it's a portable. Next you're going to tell me I'm a dipshit for not including Dance Dance Revolution machines in my sales tally! And yes. Worldwide, recently, Xbox moved into second. (Third, if you still want to count the GBA) The price cut two months ago over doubled their weekly sales. (135%, so I'm told). And, how appropriate...
Firstly, In terms of sales, Xbox is second. Gamecube is third. PS2 is first, and not surprisingly, as they had a two year head start on the pair.
Secondly, in terms of capability, Xbox is the winner, hands down. It's simply a more powerful machine than the PS2, with better graphics, an internal hard-drive, an internal network adapter, 4 controler slots compared to PS2's 2, has the ability to rip your own music to the hard drive, et cetera, et al, ad infinitum. Again, not surprising, as the PS2 is a two year older design, and Gamecube went the budget route.
Thirdly, the reason you've only heard Halo included with 'good game' and 'Xbox' was because you're not a console gamer. Otherwise you'd have heard Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Knights of the Old Republic, Crimson Skies, as well as plenty of cross-platform games like Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Grand Theft Auto 3/Vice City (The last three all have better graphics on the Xbox than the PS2 counterpart).
So yes. You're talking out of your ass.
when spammers get the same penalty as Virus writers.
What... you mean they weren't serious about the death penalty? Maaaan... why you gotta be teasing us like that!
Erm, to clarify. The reason most of them don't live in New Hampshire is because they want to move there to influence the demographics and political scene. If they mostly lived there already, simply proclaiming that New Hampshire would now be Libertarian would be a tad pointless, as they, you guessed it, already lived there and had not achieved it...
You've apparently missed the entire point of the project.
Most of them DON'T live in New Hampshire. They chose a state with a small population, relatively minor Federal Government presence, and fairly Libertarian mindset (The runner-up was Wyoming). When choosing New Hampshire as a site, the influx of people from Massachusets was discussed. The point is having a large enough segment of the population sharing a Libertarian mindset as a kind of expirement in Libertarianism. If it works, hey, maybe people would view it with more credulity. If not, hey, oh well. They tried.
Besides. If New Hampshire is so filled with 'Massachusets Liberals', why the hell did its electoral votes go to Bush in 2000?
Ahem.
I've been both stabbed AND robbed.
Personally, I think the 'horrendous crime problem' in the US is more a product of the Media trying to sell advertisements than an actual problem. Hell, a study came out a while back showing that violent crime in the UK was the highest in Europe... and a throw away line in the report was that the US ("Known for its violent crime") was lower than any of the European countries being compared.
Yes. Crime is a problem. But, like the grandparent said, there comes a point where the cost of trying to lower crime more is more costly than the crimes themselves...
Or Dreamworks Animation. The company that made Shrek. And Shrek 2. And Shrek 3-d (which was the video section of Shrek 4-d)...
Actually, it IS a highly-sensitive research area. It's where the U-2, SR-71, F-117, B-2, Tacit-Blue, UAV's, and many captured Soviet aircraft are tested... many years before they're even publicly acknowledged...
Still wonder why the security is so damn tight?
Yeah, Gulf War II happened already. Creepy. I mean, it happened in 1998. *cough*.
On the other hand, the Russians still have plenty of T-55's in use from the late 50's...
Comparing the older tech of the US army to the average Russian military equipment is a bit misleading. Granted, that S-37 does look like it'd be a nice aircraft... pity the Russian army can't afford it...
Yes, but until it becomes inert again, it has the nasty possibility of release. The more we use Nuclear Power, the more likely this possibility comes. Yucca Mountain isn't a permanent solution, it won't even properly handle all of the US's nuclear waste past when it's built. Barrels leak, containment fails, et cetera, et al, yada yada, and so forth, ad infinitum.
Besides, there've been plenty of instances of nuclear waste being released. Just do a google search for "La Hague" "nuclear discharge pipe". I'm a big supporter of Nuclear power, but claiming it's "Non-polluting" is absurd. It simply puts out managable and containable levels of pollutants.
You must be new here.
The proper cliche is:
1: Cell processors.
2: ???
3: Profit!
Just out of curiousity, if High-level nuclear waste isn't pollution, what is it?
Point being, every single power source you can name has some pollutive quality to it. Chemicals required for solar cells are often quite nasty, Damming rivers destroys the entire ecosystem both down AND upstream, Wind turbines requires metals which are often strip mined... yada yada yada. There is no such thing as power from a non-polluting source. There are only varrying amounts of pollution.
Ahem. That translates to "Whatever is said in Latin, looks profound". I believe you want "Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum sonatur".
Um. No. Not even close. Latin is predated by MANY languages. It's the language of the first major European power, but it's in no way one of the oldest. (Then again... you wanna try writing a slogan in Linear A?)
Ahem. No.
A craft a little larger than the M400 hit the Bank of America building in Tampa. The damage was 1 window, and the office was pretty trashed.
On an interesting aside, the office 4 floors below the one which got trashed belonged to my brother's boss.
The Moller Sky Car is exactly what the name implies. A Sky Car . It can fly, and it can also drive on the road. It has an engine which propels it via the wheels and not the engine nacelles while on the road. Since legally, you have to take off at an FAA approved airstrip or Helipad (Since it's VTOL capable), this means you can drive to the airport/helipad, and take off from there. It is LITERALLY a Flying Car.
Ahem. Moving towards you would result in blueshift. As it is already blue, it would instead result in ultravioletshift, et cetera, et al, yada yada, and so on.
However, if it was moving AWAY at a high rate of speed, it would indeed result in red shift. And since we ALL want to move away from Outlook as fast as we can, this is indeed a grand achievement!
Those 'specs' were predicted 'average computer' that was going to ship with Longhorn. It was in no way related to the 'minimum specs'. My guess is Intel is not liking the fact that AMD's growth continues, and AMD seems to continue developing chips faster than Intel, so Intel's taking a drastic move to try and take the lead again... or something to that effect.
That should be "I doubt they'd hesitate to simply chop back..."... Sorry.